The Antoinette III was an early French monoplane developed in 1908 by Léon Levavasseur as a thorough revision of the Gastambide-Mengin monoplane that came before it. Its wing-warping roll control was kept from the earlier machine, so roll control stayed inadequate, but ground handling and take-off and landing improved once the complicated quadricycle undercarriage gave way to strut-supported wheels forward and aft on the centreline, with a pair of wheels side by side midway between them. The tail was cruciform, with large triangular fins above and below the rear fuselage and a large tailplane carrying triangular control surfaces. Control was marginal at best, yet short flights were made regularly. It belongs to the numbered family of Antoinette monoplanes that led to the better known Antoinette IV and Antoinette VII.
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Antoinette also became a pioneer-era builder of aeroplanes before World War I, most notably the record-breaking monoplanes flown by Hubert Latham and René Labouchère.
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pioneer aircraft developed in France during 1908
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pioneer aircraft developed in France during 1908
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Antoinette also became a pioneer-era builder of aeroplanes before World War I, most notably the record-breaking monoplanes flown by Hubert Latham and René Labouchère.
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